Total Crime Rate

82.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.4 7/10
  • Violent crimes 56.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.5 7/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ashleigh Croft area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Chadsmoor , and the 108th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Cannock Chase .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashleigh Croft (WS11 5AB) in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% higher than the Chadsmoor average (82.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashleigh Croft (WS11 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gresham Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rigby Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashleigh Croft area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rigby Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Albion Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Short Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Fallow Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broomhill Bank Under investigation

Data Sources

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